levigate
verb (used with object)
to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
levigation
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a word derived from
levigate.
Example Sentences
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The trituration and levigation of powders, and the perennial abrasion and waste of the surface of solid bodies, occasion a disintegration of particles almost exceeding the powers of computation.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
It is a sulphuret of mercury, which previous to levigation is called Cinnabar; and is found native in quicksilver mines, as well as produced artificially.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
Finally I discarded altogether the use of fresh white of egg, and had recourse to dry powdered albumen, prepared by drying in a steam oven and levigation in a mortar.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various
Some may be considered as purely mechanical, such as the determination of the weight and bulk of bodies, trituration, levigation, searching, washing, filtration, &c.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
There is no reason for believing that the finer processes of powdering and levigation were known.
From Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 361-436 by William Henry Holmes
